Santa Ana College’s Mission Statement 

Santa Ana College’s Mission Statement

The mission of Santa Ana College is to be a leader and partner in meeting the intellectual, cultural, technological and workforce development needs of our diverse community. Santa Ana College provides access and equity in a dynamic learning environment that prepares students for transfer, careers and lifelong intellectual pursuits in a global community.

ENGLISH 101: Freshman Composition                     

Instructor: Sarah Corp

Section:

Time:  Dates- 8/30, 10/4, 11/8, 12/13 in Dunlap 206

Location: D206

Email: Corp_Sarah@sac.edu

Office Hours: By Appointment and Through Canvas

English Department’s Mission Statement

The Santa Ana College English Department provides numerous opportunities for our students to develop and improve the reading, critical thinking, and writing skills required to succeed at their chosen careers, to meet the rigors of the writing demands at four-year transfer institutions, and to foster lifelong learning and an appreciation of literature.

 

Course Information Course Site

Our course can be accessed at https://rsccd.instructure.com/. You may access our Canvas course site from home, the library or the student labs at SAC. When you are officially enrolled in the class and the class has been made available to students, you will have access to our class on the college Blackboard site.

 

Please make sure to look through the Resources tab. There are so many valuable links, such as access to the Nelly Library , Disabled Students Programs and Services , The Learning Center , etc.

 

I check the assignment for the week on a daily basis, usually in the morning and evening, if I notice your response is off topic, unclear, or needs more development, I will let you know by commenting on the post. You can revise or add to the post as long as it is before the final due date, which is generally Monday at 6 AM (unless otherwise noted).  

Lastly, and this is important, if I do not see you posting on a regular basis or completing your assignments within the time frame you will be dropped from the course. You must post and participate every week. If a student, goes without posting for more than two weeks (which is the same as four absences) the student will be dropped from the course. Please try and check into Canvas 4-5 times per week.

 

Communication

• The primary sources of communication in this course will be on the discussion board and by email. Please be sure to have a current working email address in your Blackboard profile.
• Personal Issues: For questions regarding personal issues such as a grade on a specific assignment, please communicate with me via email. Emails must include our Course Section Number (e.g. 65824), your name and the subject, in the subject line. (e.g. 65824 Your Name – Project #4 Question) I will generally respond to emails within 24 hours between Monday 9am and Friday 4pm if they have the section number in the subject line. Emails received over the weekend will be answered on Monday. Responses to emails without the proper subject information will be delayed.

 

Required Texts

This course uses the OER English Composition and OER English Anthology. Since this is an online class, you will readily need a computer and the ability to watch videos in addition to regular internet access.

 

Prerequisite:  

Prerequisite Grade of C or better in English 061 or EMLS 112 or ACE 116 or qualifying profile from English placement process.

 

Course Requirements

Module One: Intro to Writing with Writing Reflection

Module Two: Narrative Essay

Module Three: Illustration Essay

Module Four: Problem Analysis Essay- Research-Based Essay

Module Five: Call to Action Essay- Research-Based Essay

 

Two Online Essays Exams

Paper Presentation

Essay PSA Flier

Discussion Board, Group Assignments, Blogs. Journals: 300 Pts

One Learning Center Reflection: 10 points. Up to 5 EC each additional (five visits possible)

Final Grades: 100%-90%: A; 89%-80%: B; 79%-70%: C; 69%-60%: D; 59%-0%: F.

 

All papers are due on the dates indicated within the modules. All work must be turned in to Canvas.

Late writing assignments and homework will not be accepted. Also, unless extraordinary circumstances occur, no writing assignments and homework will be accepted via e-mail. You may use your one "Get Out of Jail Free" card once on papers 1-4. It will not be accepted on the final essay in Module 5.

Assignment and Course Questions

For questions about specific assignments, course or Blackboard, please refer to our “Frequently Asked Questions”. If an answer to your question cannot be found, please post a question on our discussion board. Students are encouraged to post answers to each other’s questions. I will check the board at least once each day to post answers during the school week (see above). Deadlines: All Assignments, Online Quizzes, and Discussion Boards must be completed by the end of the week (Monday 6:00am deadline) in order to receive credit.

Academic Honesty Policy

You should be familiar with the Academic Honesty Policy at Santa Ana College.  Plagiarism is a serious offense. A plagiarized paper automatically fails and could result in an F for the course.   

What is plagiarism? Plagiarism is a direct violation of intellectual and academic honesty. Although it exists in many forms, all plagiarism refers to the same act: representing somebody else's words or ideas as one's own. The most extreme forms of plagiarism are the use of material authored by another person or obtained from a commercial source, or the use of passages copied word for word without acknowledgment.

Paraphrasing an author's idea or quoting even limited portions of his or her text without proper citation is also an act of plagiarism. Even putting someone else's ideas into one's own words without acknowledgment may be plagiarism. In none of its forms can plagiarism be tolerated in an academic community. It may constitute grounds for a failing grade, probation, suspension, or expulsion.

Course Policies Attendance Policy

In accordance with the college drop policy, students who do not access the class web site or submit the “first assignments” by the due date may be dropped as a no show. Students who fail to turn in the weekly assignments and or participate in the discussion boards will be considered “absent” and may be dropped from the class for not participating in the course for two weeks. Students are responsible to officially drop the class or they will receive a letter grade based on their performance.

No Show Drop

In this course, you must complete all of the following activities by Friday of the first week of classes or you will be dropped as a “No Show”:

1. Send your instructor an email using the following subject: BUS100 – Your Name – First Email
2. Post a new thread on Discussion board Module One, following directions described in the thread, and respond to at least two students. 3.

-Excessive Absence Drop: If two consecutive weeks of non-participation is observed by the instructor the student will be dropped.

Accommodations for Disabilities

Your success in this course is important to me. Santa Ana College and I are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for all individuals with disabilities. If you have a disability that may have some impact on your ability to do well in this course, I encourage you to speak/email with me as soon as possible. Also, please contact Disabled Student Programs & Services so that we can all collaborate on your classroom accommodations in a timely manner. DSP&S is located in U-103, and their phone number is 714-564-6264. The DSP&S office requires documentation of your disability in order to receive reasonable accommodations. If you do not have documentation, they will work with you to acquire it. I look forward to supporting you to meet your learning goals.

Additional Information Update your Email

Login to WebAdvisor, click on “Address Change”, Enter your Email Address, Click “Submit”, and “Log out” to exit. Please see the Distance Education website for further details: http://sac.edu/disted Questions: If you have any trouble logging in, or with Blackboard, please contact the instructor. As a secondary means of contact, you may use the Distance Education Student Help and Frequently Asked Questions page (http://sac.edu/disted). If necessary, contact them directly at (714) 564- 6725, or A-101.

 

Expectations

This is a college level course. Many students expect that an online course will be easier or entail less time. This is not true. This online class will take just as much time as a traditional classroom course. College credits are based on the Carnegie Unit, the structure of the US Education system, for a system of “units”. One semester unit represents one lecture hour of required classroom time and two hours of student preparation time. Thus, our four lecture unit course should require four hours plus two hours per unit of work for the course= 12 hours total.

 

Canvas

If you are unable to access Santa Ana College’s Canvas site, please contact the Distance Education Office at (714) 564-6725. Currently, Santa Ana College does not have technical support on the weekends, holidays, or evenings; as a result, please be patient as the situation will be rectified as soon as possible.

 

Rewrites and Extra Credit

There are two re-writes in this class, and there is no extra credit in this class.

 

The Learning Center

The Learning Center is located in U-202 and offers assistance with Communication Studies, English, EMLS, Modern Languages, and Reading classes. Therefore, you will be able to go the Learning Center to get assistance with your English homework and writing assignments. There is computer-assisted instruction, directed learning activities (DLAs) language acquisition practice, and one-on-one conferencing available for all students.

Strong Recommendations

Writing courses are difficult and time-consuming. For each assignment, you will need to do a certain amount of reading and reviewing of appropriate sections in the text, go through a lengthy (and often painful) process of drafting and revising, edit for final mechanical problems, and then prepare a final draft. Be realistic about what you can handle this semester, and figure out right now how you will schedule the regular study and writing time you will need. Figure at least 6-10 hours per week in addition to the regular online lecture hours.

 

Most importantly, study all my comments on discussion posts, journals, group responses, and papers returned to you, and refer to all appropriate sections of the OER resources for further explanation of specific problems. You will probably have many problems in your first papers; what is important is that you study them and work towards developing more effective skills as the semester progresses.

Learning Outcomes

Communication Skills

1. Reading and Writing
2. Use the writing process with a focus on prewriting, planning, drafting, and revision strategies, which lead to a final product that is organized, formatted correctly, and substantive in content with correct grammar and mechanics.  
3. Summarize and paraphrase effectively.  
4. Demonstrate knowledge and competency of various rhetorical and logical principles related to development of significant expository content in intelligently organized essays, paragraphs, and sentences.  
5. Read critically for literal comprehension and interpretive and evaluative analysis. Students will learn to recognize text structures.  
6. Listening and Speaking
7. Utilize interactive listening strategies for note-taking and appropriate questioning.  
8. Determine purpose and goals for listening.  
9. Use speaking as a tool for idea generation and utilize prior knowledge through small group and large group discussion.
10. Summarize and paraphrase effectively.  

Thinking and Reasoning  

1. Creative Thinking
2. Use narrative and descriptive skills in composing paragraphs and essays, including incorporating metaphors, similes, images, and other appropriate poetic devices.  
3. Generate ideas using prewriting strategies.  
4. Critical Thinking
5. Write expository/argumentative paragraphs and essays that are supported by evidence and logically organized using deductive and inductive reasoning.  
6. Synthesize information to produce a research paper incorporating research, using documentation and MLA format.  

Information Management  

1. Evaluate primary and secondary sources, including Internet sources.
2. Use library’s on-line catalogue and resources.
3. Distinguish between professional journals and magazines and other periodicals
4. Demonstrate awareness of breadth of sources.
5. Use sources ethically.

Diversity  

1. Cultural—Read, understand, and demonstrate an appreciation of literary and expository works from diverse historical and cultural backgrounds.  
2. Social—Read, understand, and demonstrate an appreciation of literary and expository works from diverse socio-economic backgrounds.  

Civic Responsibility  

1. Ethical
2. Discuss moral dilemmas that are present in the readings.  
3. Examine both historical and contemporary social issues that present the readings